Miranda cracks the Freddie Mercury Sequence as she notices the citation numbers changing as well as the typos, Miranda concluded that the I-AM-U message combined with the numbers are pointing to 3 specific elements that are easy to find on Earth, and that the Carl is asking for them. Miranda believes that the way April describes the Carl is literally impossible as nothing, we have on Earth feels or acts in the way April described and therefore, the logical and simplest conclusion is that the Carls aren’t from Earth. April already knows about the Freddie Mercury Sequence which is related to some strange typos on a Wikipedia page, that don’t show up as being logged and always runs through the same errors before resetting. However, April has been in contact with a physics student named Miranda, as they are interested in the deeper mystery behind what the Carls are. All this information is interesting, but the most interesting thing we learn from April is while she is telling us this story, she is already dead and I can’t wait to find out what happens there.Īs we approach the ¼ mark in the novel, things really begin to pick up for April and Andy, they earn so much money that April is able to pay off nearly half of her student loan debt in a few weeks which is extraordinary. However, there are people already asking questions about the Carls and where they came from, as they are warm to the touch and no surveillance footage shows them appearing as they all cut out at the same time, and a Queen song can be heard faintly in the background. In addition to this Andy and April make a lot of money overnight thanks to Andy’s lawyer father and by late afternoon, they are being interview on the local news. Together she and Andy film a slightly comedic interview with the robot who they call Carl before heading home, however, overnight the video blows up as Carls appeared in almost every major city at the exact same time. She thinks that it is something interesting and proceeds to walk on, but something causes her to return and knowing Andy is trying to be internet famous she calls him to come and get the scoop before anyone else.

The novel opens with April May leaving her job at three in the morning when she sees a mysterious robot in samurai armour on the street. We are introduced to April May, her semi-serious girlfriend, Maya and their friend from college, Andy. I have seen An Absolutely Remarkable Thing around since it was published and it has received a lot of hype, not all of it good which intrigued me, and I wanted to see which side of the fence I fell on. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls Book 1) by Hank Green

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